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June 2011
SRBC Met June 23, Approved 31 Water Use And Withdrawal Projects, Released Proposed Rulemaking For Public Comment And Set Public Hearings, Adopted Water Resources Program, Supported Funding For National Stream Gage Network
SRBC held its quarterly business meeting on June 23, 2011 in North East, Maryland. Among its activities, SRBC voted on regulatory (www.srbc.net/programs/projreview.htm), enforcement, policy and administrative matters; approved the annual Water Resources Program and revisions to the Comprehensive Plan; supported additional funding for a national stream gage program; and heard report on current hydrologic conditions across the Susquehanna basin. Read More
SRBC Marks 40 Years, Highlights Accomplishments
By Dr. Robert M. Summers, Maryland Commissioner, Susquehanna River Basin Commission
and Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment
This year marks the Susquehanna River Basin Commission's (SRBC) 40th anniversary, and it's a good time to reflect on the many accomplishments in water resources management since 1971. I have listed some of those accomplishments, and hope you will visit the SRBC anniversary web page at www.srbc.net/anniversary/default.aspx for the longer list, as well as for historical facts, slide shows, newsletter, tips sheets and other information. Read More
Proposed Revisions To SRBC’S Regulatory Program Fee Schedule
SRBC staff is proposing revisions to the commission's Regulatory Program Fee Schedule for action by the commissioners at the June 23, 2011 quarterly business meeting (click to download proposed revision) (PDF).
The SRBC staff-proposed fee changes include:
- Increasing by 10% all application and modification fees, except for natural gas Approval By Rule;
- Providing for a 3.0% increase based on the annual Consumer Price Index;
- Increasing the Consumptive Use Mitigation Fee by $0.01;
- Providing for a 50% reduction on the cost of transfers when the number of transfers requested in a single transaction equal 50 or more; and
- Reducing the interest rate charged on installment payments.
The staff-proposed changes are consistent with past fee-revision actions that took place in 2005 (which provided for a 10% increase in fees per year for five consecutive years and an annual CPI adjustment) and in 2008 (which provided for increases in the Consumptive Use Mitigation Fee annually based on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Construction Cost Index).
